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It’s funny how life weaves experiences and occurrences collectively so seamlessly. Just the other day I was talking with my ex-pat roommate about his imminent return to the U.S. He left house just about 3 months ago and, applying Buenos Aires as his base, went on a minor spin all around Latin America. He also informed me that he is considering of taking his last week to go to Cuba (so he can rest from his vacation). This got me considering: I have normally needed to go to Cuba but never wanted to stay in a resort. I had heard of homestays, but then I had trouble getting a travel bud who wasn’t brainwashed by North American media. Then an write-up from the Uk Times popped up in my inbox — thanks Matt — and it gave a journey to Cuba the very little nudge it needed to be reconsidered. The article talks about La Isla de Juventud — the Isle of Youth — an below-trodden bit of land south of Havana in which the “sand is scrubby” and the mango trees are loads. Tourism is not only minimal on...

Here’s the third and last video from my journey to Colombia: Cartagena. Cartagena is quickly one particular of the most gorgeous cities in the planet and one particular of Colombia’s most well known cities to check out. In this video I wander the city’s picturesque “Old Town,” check out a museum devoted to the city’s historical past of inquisition and torture, and examine the underground tunnels beneath the huge fort, Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas.